We already have RGB watercooling fittings with LEDs in them that light up the tubing and fluid. Maybe we'll see RGB power supply cables in the next year or two that use coated electroluminescent wire to light up when power runs through them.
and i disable the hdd activity led to my cases... (and dim the power on LED) ... although i do wish ram would light up like the “old school” mainframes in “War games” ...
Mine does. They're DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracers. They're the only DDR kit that has blinkenlight functionality / activity LEDs rather than mostly just aesthetic that's software controlled. I have quad channel, so 8 DIMMs, all blinking red. I replaced my old kits just for them because I love old school mainframes, but particularly the Connection Machine CM-2 & CM-5 (which I went to NYC's MoMA specifically to see recently).
I would really like to see a study to show if having RGB lighting added to a product literally improves the product's sales as compared to an otherwise-identical non-RGB product.
I can understand that including it would work with the why-not crowd in addition to bling-crowd if it didn't cost any more. But obviously it costs the mfg more.
So is the additional materials cost offset enough by increased sales to drive more profit for the mfg? Or is it only considered a marketing cost as a way to distinguish some of your product lines from other similar products, enough to get the buy-in from the customer & maybe a slightly higher sell-price?
Well, for SATA3 SSDs, they've pretty much all reached parity, with quality controllers and NAND chips, at the borderline of the buses potential. So what else can you do to make the product standout? Are you really going to put out a $10,000 SLC NAND SATA SSD just to make a splash? Particularly with NVMe PCIe SSDs are the real competitive market now? So some companies go the aesthetic route. Nearly anyone who wanted a SATA SSD, has one now, regardless of size. The only real difference that's significant IS the size now of course. But you can get that from practically any brand. The only big thing coming soon to market to add more diversity is QLC NAND but that isn't out yet. So for RGB it is. There's plenty of other TLC and even MLC drives out there for years now for fit almost everyone else's personal aesthetic or needs. I mean, there's only so many things you can do to a product that has standardized aspects. Would you have been hyped about this product if it was JUST another SATA SSD but from Kingston? Big whoop.
just so long as makers do not transition to everything lights up as a christmas tree, I chose cases for strength, not to look at pretty system inside of it, to each own, 9/10 the makers BOM takes away from one thing to add to another, they add RGB they skimp on something else so they can have a marketable $ number, marketing 101 :D
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rocky12345 - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
Yep just what we need is our drives now to be flashing as well. Whats next the screws to have RGB LED's in them as well?WithoutWeakness - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
We already have RGB watercooling fittings with LEDs in them that light up the tubing and fluid. Maybe we'll see RGB power supply cables in the next year or two that use coated electroluminescent wire to light up when power runs through them.WithoutWeakness - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
No wait I've got it. RGB PCIe slot covers!piroroadkill - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
RGB thumbscrews.Holliday75 - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
Lets just turn the cases into giant LED canvases so they can replace LCD monitors with low resolution/colorspace screens.CheapSushi - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - link
Look up iBuyPower's project Snowblind.BlueKingNL - Saturday, June 9, 2018 - link
Well, here they are! The Lian-Li Strimer! Sooner than you expected.Manch - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
Drives have been flashing for as long as i can remember. Usually a green or yellow led ;)CheapSushi - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - link
Yeah, just to piss you off specifically, you grumpy, bitter old man. ;)PeachNCream - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
No thanks.Surfacround - Friday, January 19, 2018 - link
and i disable the hdd activity led to my cases... (and dim the power on LED) ... although i do wish ram would light up like the “old school” mainframes in “War games” ...CheapSushi - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - link
Mine does. They're DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracers. They're the only DDR kit that has blinkenlight functionality / activity LEDs rather than mostly just aesthetic that's software controlled. I have quad channel, so 8 DIMMs, all blinking red. I replaced my old kits just for them because I love old school mainframes, but particularly the Connection Machine CM-2 & CM-5 (which I went to NYC's MoMA specifically to see recently).romrunning - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
I would really like to see a study to show if having RGB lighting added to a product literally improves the product's sales as compared to an otherwise-identical non-RGB product.I can understand that including it would work with the why-not crowd in addition to bling-crowd if it didn't cost any more. But obviously it costs the mfg more.
So is the additional materials cost offset enough by increased sales to drive more profit for the mfg? Or is it only considered a marketing cost as a way to distinguish some of your product lines from other similar products, enough to get the buy-in from the customer & maybe a slightly higher sell-price?
CheapSushi - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - link
Well, for SATA3 SSDs, they've pretty much all reached parity, with quality controllers and NAND chips, at the borderline of the buses potential. So what else can you do to make the product standout? Are you really going to put out a $10,000 SLC NAND SATA SSD just to make a splash? Particularly with NVMe PCIe SSDs are the real competitive market now? So some companies go the aesthetic route. Nearly anyone who wanted a SATA SSD, has one now, regardless of size. The only real difference that's significant IS the size now of course. But you can get that from practically any brand. The only big thing coming soon to market to add more diversity is QLC NAND but that isn't out yet. So for RGB it is. There's plenty of other TLC and even MLC drives out there for years now for fit almost everyone else's personal aesthetic or needs. I mean, there's only so many things you can do to a product that has standardized aspects. Would you have been hyped about this product if it was JUST another SATA SSD but from Kingston? Big whoop.Dragonstongue - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
just so long as makers do not transition to everything lights up as a christmas tree, I chose cases for strength, not to look at pretty system inside of it, to each own, 9/10 the makers BOM takes away from one thing to add to another, they add RGB they skimp on something else so they can have a marketable $ number, marketing 101 :D